a little sweetness from our weekend..

the sun was shining strong. no better way to celebrate than with cupcakes.

Yeap, thats’ right, I am counting down the days until Easter Sunday! I cannot wait to be home, and spend lots of time with my family. Not to mention my desperate need for an excuse not to think about my thesis project. Last year you might remember was the first Easter in my ENTIRE life to be without ANY family. I had a truly “Roman-style” Easter spent at the Vatican. Though the meaning still remains the same wherever you are, the fun-filled traditions were definitely missed. Well this year Mom and I are taking things to the extreme. I am like the 3 year old crafty daughter that will never grow up. I am the one who dyed dozens and dozens of eggs with Mom two years ago, just the two of us. She’d boiled dozens of eggs, and when they were ready for their dippin’s….well, no one else was around. I guess they had better? things to do?? I must note first and foremost, Yes we celebrate the season of the death and resurrection of Jesus-the renewal of the Christian faith, but all of the “festivities” are fun to blend into the “real” meaning of the season! With that, this Saturday Mom and I are going to work our domestic skills in the kitchen [Andrea will you join us? PLEASE!!!!!! You can eat the cookie dough scraps!] When we’d ventured into William-Sonoma a few weeks about we came across these fun stamp-n-style tools. We bought the kit, which is of course on sale now, to assist our cookie cutting skills. 

Ever since that shopping day I’ve been looking forward to stampin’ out some cookies!!! Look out for a post on how well they actually turn out! Happy Holy Week!!

I wish I could take a picture of smell, captured it in all of its’ scrumptiousness, and post it right here for you to enjoy. Since technology hasn’t quite gotten there yet, this will have to do:

Let’s play with our imaginations…take a deep inhale through your nose just like pilates breathing, and put yourself in my kitchen!!

If your mouth is now watering, continue scrolling…

There is just nothing like the smell of cinnamon baking away in the oven. These beauties pretty much smell like a lazy Saturday morning with coffee in hand.

*The recipe for the rugelach pinwheels is adapted from MS, and made with crescent roll dough. Note: I’ve made the homemade dough too, an it dances in your mouth!